Project Detail

Only When I Dance

Name: Only When I Dance
Director: Beadi Finzi
Genre: Music, Woman Director, Dance
Released: 2008
Duration: 78 mins

Christina Daniels

Synopsis

This documentary follows a year in the life Isabela and Irlan two aspiring ballet dancers who engage daily in a clash between two worlds: rich and poor, black and white. Ballet is an art form steeped in the history of the wealthy white elite, and many feel that the likes of Irlan Santos da Silva and Isabela Coracy, two black kids from poor backgrounds, don't belong. Despite the constant prejudice and doubt, both are determined to follow their ambitions. For them, dance is a way out, an escape and on stage an ecstasy, that is rarely found in their tough day to day lives. The question is can they make it?

Details

Year: 2008
Type of project: Features
Running time: 78 mins
Format: HD
Director: Beadi Finzi
Producer: Christina Daniels
Co-Producer: Christina Daniels
Editor: Alan Levy, Felipe Lacerda
Director of Photography: Beadi Finzi
Composer: Stephen Hilton

Genre

Music Woman Director Dance

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Tigerlily Films

2C04 Rich Mix
35-47 Bethnal Green Road
London E1 6LA
UK

T +44 (0)20 7729 9845

www.tigerlilyfilms.com

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